FS Polarstern PS75 (ANTXXVI/2, GPc02)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
| Cruise identifier | PS75 (ANTXXVI/2, GPc02) |
| Cruise period | 2009-11-27 — 2010-01-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Port of return | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The focus of expedition ANT-XXVI/2, which took Polarstern over a distance of 9757 nm for the first time across the entire polar South Pacific, was marine-geoscientific studies. This was complemented by bathymetric (HYDROSWEEP) and echo-sounding (PARASOUND) surveys along the majority of the cruise track (9273 nm). |
| Chief scientist | Rainer Gersonde (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) |
| Project | GEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column |
| Cruise report |  (195.78 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean |
| Track charts | (1.73 MB) |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 11 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Stable isotopes in water bodies |
